Alaska is home to a small, but growing, tech community. There are a cadre of entrepreneurs who are creating cutting edge technologies here in the 49th state and gaining recognition and customers in the Lower 48 and around the world. The potential opportunities for this sector to flourish here are very real, but not always discussed enough in conversations about growing and diversifying the state’s economy.

Building off of its past success, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professionals Group (YPG) hosts the fourth annual statewide Summit for young professionals in Alaska’s workforce. The Summit offers young professionals from across Alaska opportunities for professional development through a series of interactive workshops, discussions, and activities.

Alaska is home to a small, but growing, tech community. There are a cadre of entrepreneurs who are creating cutting edge technologies here in the 49th state and gaining recognition and customers in the Lower 48 and around the world. The potential opportunities for this sector to flourish here are very real, but not always discussed enough in conversations about growing and diversifying the state's economy.

Kodiak: ComFish is the largest commercial fishing show in Alaska and the longest running fisheries trade show in the state, now in its 40th year, bringing together gear vendors, government agencies, and nonprofits involved in every aspect of commercial fishing.

Building off of its past success, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professionals Group (YPG) hosts the fourth annual statewide Summit for young professionals in Alaska’s workforce. The Summit offers young professionals from across Alaska opportunities for professional development through a series of interactive workshops, discussions, and activities.

Recover Alaska and Sans Bar National tour, a sober pop-up event, are hosting an after-hours event at Uncle Leroy’s Coffee to celebrate Alaska’s Sobriety Awareness Month. The night will feature handcrafted, alcohol-free cocktails and live music from Emma Hill and Quinn Christopherson.

Attendees will learn what policies and efforts are already underway, or are needed, to address priority areas as well as ways community members can get involved.Moderated by Tanya Iden of Agnew::BeckPanelists:Robin Ward, Municipality of AnchorageChris Schutte, Municipality of AnchorageDick Mandsager, Rasmuson FoundationJohn Weddleton, Anchorage Assembly

Alyeska Resort, Girdwood: The Alaska Medical Group Management Association is a professional organization comprised of group practice administrators, managers, health care executives, consultants and vendors located throughout Alaska.

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Small business owners around the state provide local meat options, whether through raising animals in Alaska or processing game meats and fish sourced in the Last Frontier. Below is a range of butchers, wholesalers, and game processors to help you get your meat fix.

There’s little worse than an under-utilized PFD check—if there’s any unused PFD money still rattling around in your account (or pocket), make sure to schedule time to visit one of Alaska’s many craft fairs in November…

Halloween in Alaska can be tricky, as end-of-October weather ranges from cold and dry to wet and slippery, and there’s no telling if one will be balancing on ice or trekking through several feet of snow…

At 8:30 a.m. on November 30, Alaskans were shaken by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit about eight miles north of Anchorage. Just minutes after the earth stopped rumbling, photos and videos started circulating on social media depicting the damage in and around the area. Days after the earthquake, more photos started making the rounds, now showing side-by-side comparisons between impacted infrastructure and roads and repairs already made. How did things improve so quickly?